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Searching with a thematic focus on Livelihoods, Livelihoods Agriculture in India

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  Rethinking agricultural policies for pro-poor growth

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  This paper presents key findings from a study of pro-poor agricultural growth (PPAG). Over the past few decades changes such as those surrounding ecology, liberalisation and HIV and AIDS have increased the challenges facing the rural poor. The authors outline a framework for new responses to these challenges in the context of PPAG.
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  Rehabilitating degraded land

  New Agriculturalist, 2008

  Across vast areas of the world, human activity has degraded once fertile and productive land. Deforestation, overgrazing, continuous farming and poor irrigation practices have affected almost 2 billion hectares worldwide, threatening the health and livelihoods of over one billion people.
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  Power in global value chains: implications for employment and livelihoods in the cashew nut industry in India

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  This report explores the impacts of an expanding global market for cashew nuts on the livelihoods of women workers in the cashew processing industry in India.
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  Of global concern: rural livelihood dynamics and natural resource governance

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2006

  The global challenges of hunger, poverty and disease have led to an increasing focus within global initiatives - policies and strategies - on conditions and developments in rural areas in the South. The aim of this paper is to analyse and understand the rural livelihood dynamics and natural resource governance that are unfolding across continents.
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  Working with local institutions to support sustainable livelihoods

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003

  This paper looks at the and policy implications of research conducted on local institution - rural household linkages.
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  Sustaining rural livelihoods in fragile environments: resource endowments or policy interventions?

  Centre For Economic And Social Studies, India, 2004

  It is argued that resource endowments determine the level and dynamics of livelihoods at the household level rather than policy interventions per se. On the other hand, policy interventions, given the status and structure of the economy, only act as catalysts. Policies for strengthening the resource base are necessary but not sufficient to address the livelihood issues.
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  The black sheep of Rajasthan

  GRAIN, 2004

  The Raika are a large pastoralist community predominantly found in the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, India, and are one of the largest groups of livestock herders in India, living in the semi-arid areas around the Thar Desert.
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  Livelihoods approaches to information and communication in support of rural poverty elimination and food security

  Research and Policy in Development, ODI, 2003

  This report looks at the of information in livelihoods, and makes recommendations on how agencies can capitalise on and integrate the best elements of traditional communication methods and the ICT revolution technologies within the livelihoods approach. Seven key recommendations were identified :
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  Impacts of agricultural research on poverty: findings of an integrated economic and social analysis

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper examines how agricultural technologies influence and are influenced by the diverse livelihood strategies, vulnerability context, relations of gender and power, and other conditions of the poor. It reports findings of a CGIAR research project including seven case studies of different types of agricultural research:
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  ICTs: transforming agricultural extension?

  Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2003

  This document reports on a workshop held by CTA on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for ACP agricultural and rural development.

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